Hair treating device



" rch l, 1932. F, GRlEsER 1,847,942'

HAIR TREATING DEVICE Filed March 8, 1929 Patented Mar. 1,A 1932 vrninnnien Gnrnsnn, or'nnniinv; Gnnmnivxf .HAIaTaEATIiGLDEiIC'E i" 1 Appiiatia 'sieri 'March s',

This-invention relates to hair treating de-V vices,`and inore'p'articularly-to devices o'f'this kind whichV are` designed toV produce perma ,Y nent Y hair-curls. l The-hair treating device 3 according tomy invention, more particulars' ly,v is so constructed that any heating-'by means of electric current or y'gas'will'entirely bedispensed with.E `For this purpose myfnew device comprises a heating body'which islde; 10 signed to act as aheatstorage inv'such away that'the heat which vemanates from saidheating .body will 'decrease' simultaneously with the decrease of moisture contained inthe hair, said decrease ofin'oisture being due to the progress of theV drying operation. r l In the accompanying drawings I have rep resented an example of the hair treating or curling device constructed according to my inventionfFig.' l` kbeing a longitudinal section through the newr device inoperative condition, Fig. 2 a section along line I'-I offFig. l, Fig.V 3 detailview of the clamping vdevice Which' serves forproperly 'gripping ja` lock of hair `to`be-'treated, Fig. 4. alsectionvalong thelineIVIV of Figi l,Fig.-5 a diagram- 'matical section through lthe' new Vhair-treat"- jin'g device when applied to the head of afperson, and vFig. 6 :L -detail representationof a specific cooling device'wlii'ch'may .be applied 'intermediatethe lhead of al personf'and the hairv treating deviceff 1w Y, Referring now= more particularly to the drawings', the hair "treating device in" its pre- 'ferre'dl construction consists yof the following parts. The base-plate or bottom which conjsists: fof'two parts la andV b of oblong rectanguy, 'lar conformation isconstriictedto fformia fclanipingjdevice yfor gripping a l'ockof'hairV to be 'treated by the new, device. yThe two '4 parts aand?) of said base-plate or'clamping device may consist essentially oflibrous ma-` 'teriala'nd 'a coverjor coating 'of metal may be 'appliedto -theupper surfaces thereof.r The ltwo parts or "plates A a land 7)' of which the clamping. device is composed are united with each other at one endby means ofa; hinge i having' 'fixed points je and el, 'while at th@ fotherffen nat c the" dof one of said pl'atesd andb the@ z 1 o., beprovided a `hooksshaped locking inem. 5 terafwhich engageshwith apmaon the' 'other of said plates, assho'wmfor instance', in Fig.

S-of the-drawings.y YEach'ofthe outer edges n 'ping members servingl for fixing thev semivcylindricalY heating bodyy x:` on the plates a andi b.: For this'purp'ose the'heating bodypc isprovi'de'd with;l proper notches. which may so 'engage with said gripping members gk and g1VVV inthe manner indicated inFigs. Zand 5. As soon as the gripping members g andV g1' en o gage. with' said notches insaid heating body 7c, the latter will' be properly kept in operative 65 positionron thetplatese and bflt'mayA be noted-` 'that the heating body c may be ofa yformdiii'erent from y'that shown in the drawings," thegformV .as shown, however, being preferable .forvarious reasons. The, shaft'p "10l provided on the heating body lc is preferably o surrounded byagsleeve g which consists of a heat insulating material. The handle maybe separatedl fromasaid shaft p and'said sleeve gby interposingaxwasher r ofcmetal oian- 75 otherysubstance; lMounted'on the clamping device-which is composedof the twoparts a vand bis' acurling rollerh which isequipped on both of its endswith'. cylindricalf extenL sions lvl and h. z 'These extensions are rough- 80 l ened on their-.periphery for the'purpose of preventing rotation'of the curling roller duringthe; process? of curlinglQThe outer ends of l'said l cylindrical extension f' 71.1 and h2 carry discs s1 and 8 2, which discs maybe provided 85 with slots'l andt2 serving forfthe `reception VV'of 'akscrewl driver orsimilar implement. vRe- -silieiitrv bearing. inembers "il A and 'i2' serve for iirmrlyl mounting Said" cylindrical extensions 7L-1 and h2 and therewith the curlingrollerh. L90 Y l lnthis waythe'curling. roller h Vwill rest securely on the clamping; device which is composed of the'two plates a and b. `The'bear-ing inembersfz'i and i2 are protected'against being, laterally tilted by saidl discs@1 and 2995 he`one handiand` by the-,enlarged ends vof Y 'u'rlingroller kon .'theotherhand'g j" s e Inodeofoperationof thehair treating 'f dev g 'describedv in ,the foregoing Y will be as ifel. WS: s'

the locking member c.

by the curling device.

The lock of hair to be treated by the device is placed intermediate the two members a and b of the clamping device and firmly gripped thereby when closing said members a and Z) and locking the same by means of At the same time there will be provided a flat bottom-or supporting surface .for said semi-cylindrical heating body, said bottom or supporting surface having a metal coating. The lock of to be treated by the curling-device lisnowwound upon the curling roller h, thecurls produced by this device being essentially "ofV the form of rolled curls, in contra-distinction to spiral-shaped-curls. After Vplacing a lock' ofhair n, bn rsaid curling roller h, the latter :is mounted upon the .plates 'c and Z) .of 'whichathe clamping device =is 'composed. f In order lto properly `protect the lock of hair n which-:isthus V4wound .upon the curling roller h', preferably a sheet of asbestos andfin addition to this;a further covering of parchmentim is interposed between said lock .of hair and the heating body '7a. JIn order to-draw `tight lthe lock of hair, which is yrolled yup on the curling roller It, thediscs-s1 orzszff maybe properly rotated by applying a screw driver to the groove or slot 251 whichasabove mentionedis provided therein. f r

-Vhen using the present hair treating device the hair may be moistenedor chemically treatedin the heretofore usualway whichrof course does not form part of myV present invention. vBoth bearing members 'il and 2 are now applied to the curling roller hwhich is placed upon theplates a and b'whichform the `clamping device 4and thereuponl theheating body k is placed .uponsaid plates intermediate the grippingmembers g and gruntiltheflatter will .come into Jproper-:engagementwith said heatingbody by Vmeansof the notches-provided thereon.` It is: evident that in. operative .condition of my new'hair ktreating device thesemi-cylindrical'heating body together with `,the -twoplates a; and b of the clamping device will'form an :essentially closedfspace which is'fully lined with metal.

The curlingzroller rmay likewise'be `made of metal-. y

Although. the plates aand which form -part of the clamping device forzthe-hair to betreated will ordinarily oder suiiicient protection against theheat which emanates from lthe heating body-,hit may be advisable to use an additional protection in the formof a cooling device, preferably .of the form f of a hose o, intermediate said plates and lthe-head of the person. whosehair shall betreated by The-small thi `kness of the. plates a ,b

and theprovisionof said additional protection will permitthe.hair'treatingdevicd as la. whole, to easilyiit the head-of a person.

The interior portion of the hose o is provided a fan or ventilator.

Experience has shown, that the application of electricity or-gas for the-purpose of steaming, drying or otherwise treating hair results in quite an amount of danger for the person to be treated. Thsdanger is con- "f necte'd-on the one'h-a-nd with the nature of the source of heat and will therefore be inevitable,`while on the other hand it resides in the. mode of supplying heat to the hair, which mode is contradictoryfto the character of the steaming and drying process l.for living hair. Heretofore agradual increase .of heat. had been producedinthe-hairto bet-reated, when employing "fheat generated by.V electrical .re-

sistancesor bygas, and inladdition to this an increasing amount of'heat had been supplied tofthe'hair'during progress of the treatment.

For the purpose-of.boilingthehair, such as lis necessary lin order .to produce durable curls, it will be necessary to apply the greatestamountof'heat at the start and to continue the treatment with a .gradually decreasing amount of heat. Only linthis-.way it will `be possibleito safely prevent an excessive dryslmple manner. .In addition, -it has .been found that with the newhair treating .device which forms part of this inventionthe time required forthe drying process maybe reducedrto one fth of the-.time'heretofore required for this purpose. i

The new hair treating device according to my invention-permits of being applied in a very-.simple and expeditious `manner and in additioirto this its mode of operationwillbe greatly .A simplified "as ycompared with known devices of=this kind, My'new hair vtreating(lr devicefurthermore may be exactly fadjustev *with respect .tov .the thickness.A of .the lock `of hair'tofbetreated ata time. In-.consequence of this it will be possible to carryout the treatment of the hair within/-afrelati-velyyery large "frange of temperature, inforder to `be able toproperly adjust'the temperature for .various purposes. -Even in case of 'treatin thick and VVvery moist locks of hair, whic must be done at tempratures f of .20Go-C. and

. Y,Iv-claim: v y

=In a Ahair treating device, .the combination of fa semi-cylindrical l or essentially -semi-ey- .lndrieal.heatingbod a bottom rfor, .said heating body, fsaid bottom consisting .of a

ing, singemgor` roasting of thehair in a very f clamping device adapted to grip a lock of hair to be treated, a curling roller for said lock of hairsaid curling rolle-r being mounted Within the space intermediate said heating body and said bottom, cylindrical roughened extensions on said curlinv roller, and resilient bearing members for said roughened extensions, said bearing members being adapted to prevent rotation of said curling roller and longitudinal displacementof said heating vbody the curling device.

In testimony whereof I aiiix m signature. l

' FRIEDRICH G -IESER during 'operation of said hairY 

